4 Camera Power Supply

D.C. to D.C. converters and D.C. to A.C. To Dc Converters belong to the category of Switched Mode Power Supplies (SMPS). The various types of voltage regulators, used in Linear Power Supplies (LPS), fall in the category of dissipative regulator, as they have a voltage control element usually transistor or zener diode which dissipates power equal to the voltage difference between an unregulated input voltage and a fixed supply voltage multiplied by the current flowing through it. The switching regulator acts as a continuously variable power converter and hence its efficiency is negligibly affected by the voltage difference. Hence the switching regulator is also known as ‘non-dissipative regulator’. In a SMPS, the active device that provides regulation is always operated in cut-off or in saturation mode, The input D.C. Supply is chopped at a higher frequency around 15 to 50 kHz using an active device like the BJT, power MOSFET or SCR and the converter transformer. Here the size of the ferrite core reduces inversely with the frequency. The lower limit is around 5 kHz for silent operation and an upper limit of 50 kHz to limit the losses in the choke and in active switching elements. The transformed wave form is rectified and filtered. A sample of the output voltage is used as the feedback signal for the drive circuit for the switching transistor to achieve regulation.

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4Camera Power Supply

D.C. to D.C. converters and D.C. to A.C. To Dc Converters belong to the category of Switched Mode Power Supplies (SMPS). The various types of voltage regulators, used in Linear Power Supplies (LPS), fall in the category of dissipative regulator, as they have a voltage control element usually transistor or zener diode which dissipates power equal to the voltage difference between an unregulated input voltage and a fixed supply voltage multiplied by the current flowing through it. The switching regulator acts as a continuously variable power converter and hence its efficiency is negligibly affected by the voltage difference. Hence the switching regulator is also known as ‘non-dissipative regulator’. In a SMPS, the active device that provides regulation is always operated in cut-off or in saturation mode, The input D.C. Supply is chopped at a higher frequency around 15 to 50 kHz using an active device like the BJT, power MOSFET or SCR and the converter transformer. Here the size of the ferrite core reduces inversely with the frequency. The lower limit is around 5 kHz for silent operation and an upper limit of 50 kHz to limit the losses in the choke and in active switching elements. The transformed wave form is rectified and filtered. A sample of the output voltage is used as the feedback signal for the drive circuit for the switching transistor to achieve regulation.